GSD-2006-5173

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:19
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Linux kernel does not properly save or restore EFLAGS during a context switch, or reset the flags when creating new threads, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (process crash), as demonstrated using a process that sets the Alignment Check flag (EFLAGS 0x40000), which triggers a SIGBUS in other processes that have an unaligned access.
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CVE-2006-5173
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